Both Charles H. Bebb and Carl F. Gould came into their partnership having already established themselves in their respective fields as individuals and members of highly successful design teams. Joining their complementary strengths, Bebb and Gould became associates in 1914 with the agreement that Bebb would act as engineer and partner in charge of management, contracts and specifications, and Gould as principal designer and planner. In the early decades of the 20th century, Bebb & Gould flourished, designing over two hundred projects, churches, civic buildings, homes, commercial structures and monuments. These designs took on a variety of architectural styles, depending on the wishes of the client, siting, and financial considerations. In 1920, the new Mason Clinic and Virginia Mason Hospital opened it doors to the public. It was the first on the West Coast to have advanced x-ray and laboratory facilities. It also had offices for a team of medical specialists, which were innovative ideas for a hospital in the early 1900s. These drawings are of Virginia Mason Hospital's first building on the corner of Terry and Spring Streets in Seattle. The design vocabulary employs restrained, yet traditional elements, of which the simple brick detailing, pedimental roof parapet over the upper third section, square central tower with pavillion roof and round recessed entrance arches suggest a mix of Italian Renaissance Revival, Beaux Arts Classicism and Richardsonian Romanesque as inspiration or influence for this project. The building is now part of a much larger hospital complex.

Scanned from original drawing in RGB at 200-400 dpi, saved in TIFF format, changed to indexed color, enhanced and resized using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using Contentdm software's JPEG2000 Extension. 2006.